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Finance.

—Revenue and ex

penditure

for five years ; —

19;

1917-1S

1918-19

1919-20

1,829.035

1,671 »

1920-21 »

Revenue. . Expenditure.

. . 916,704

X 1,013,342

£ 1,874,079

2.945.234

3,245.516

i Estimates.

The total outstanding debt on Decern ber 31, 1920, was 3,655,290/.

Defence.— The army may be divided into three parts : (1) available force, 78 officers, 512 petty officers, and 15,554 men ; (2) forces that can be made available at short notice, 49 officers, 356 petty officers, and 4,000 men ; (3) reserve force, 251 officers, 1,743 petty officers, and 15,554 men. Total, 378 officers, 2,611 petty officers, and 75,705 men. In case of war, military service is compulsory from 18 to 50 years of age.

Production and Commerce.— The population of Salvador is largely engaged in agriculture. The chief product is coffee, under which in 1919 there were about 174,000 acres, with some 100,000,000 trees. Other agricultural products are cheese, cacao, rubber, tobacco, sugar. Efforts are made towards wheat cultivation. In 1908 there were 284,013 head of cattle, 74,306 horses, 21,457 sheep and 422,980 pigs. In the national forests are found dye woods and such hard woods as mahogany, cedar, and walnut. Balsam trees also abound. The mineral wealth of the Republic includes gold, silver, copper, iron, mercury. Mining operations of gold and silver are growing in importance, especially in the departments of Morazan, San Miguel, and La Union.

The imports subject to duty and the exports have been as follows in five years (in pounds sterling) : —

1915

Import*

Exports

£ 804.433

2,117,774

1916

£

461,035

2,176,000

£ 1,373,854 2,140,053

£ 2.479,960

£ 1,876,025 2,115,521

The trade is chiefly with the United States, the United Kingdom, and France. The chief imports in 1919 were cottons, hardware, flour, drugs and chemical products. The chief exports in 1919 were coffee, 33,052,910 kilos, valued at 10,467,715 gold dollars ; indigo 325,627 kilos, valued at 769,054 gold dollars; sugar, 3,768,756 kilos, valued at 771,490 gold dollars. Other exports are silver, balsam, hemp, hides, rubber and hen' Of the total coffee exported, 533 per cent, went to the United States ; 4 "51 per cent, to Norway ; 2 per cent, to Holland ; 29 per cent, to France ; and 165 per cent, to Great Britain.

Total trade between Salvador and the U.K. (Board of Trade Returns) for 5 years : —

-

1916

1917

1918

1919

1920

Imports from Salvador to U. E. Exports to Salvador from U. £..

£ . 178,371 . ; 340,925

429, 7<*3

£ 12,4s;

291,756

£

62.S89

£ 533,390 685,144